Friday, 23 December 2011

The Problem With Windows 8's Picture Password

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Friday, December 23, 2011 in

"The Windows 8 feature that logs users in if they touch certain points in a photo in the right order might be fun, but it's not very good security, according to the inventor of RSA's SecurID token. 'It's cute,' says Kenneth Weiss, who now runs a three-factor authentication business called Universal...

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Thursday, 22 December 2011

Astronomers Discover Deep-Fried Planets: Two Earth-Sized Planets Around Dying Star That Has Passed the Red Giant Stage

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Thursday, December 22, 2011 in

Artist's rendition of two hot Earth-sized planets orbiting a subdwarf B star. (Credit: Illustration by Stéphane Charpinet/Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie in Toulouse, France) Two Earth-sized planets have been discovered around a dying star that has passed the red giant stage....

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Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Application internet to drive massive IT demand in 2012.

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"The rise of the "app internet" – in which users' PCs, smartphones and tablets run the business applications – will drive completely different demands from technology next year.That is the verdict of technology industry experts, who predicted fast-shifting pressures on technology from the rise in...

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Firefox 9 Released, JavaScript Performance Greatly Improved

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011 in

Firefox 9 is now available — but unlike its previous rapid release forebears where not a lot changed, a huge feature has landed with the new version: the JavaScript engine now has type inference enabled. This simple switch has resulted in a 20-30% JS execution speed increase (PDF), putting JaegerMonkey...

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